Situated in the beautiful village of Darling, the family owned Ormonde Vineyards offers guests the experience of tasting award-winning wines presented in a personal, informative and passionate manner. Tastings are offered in the original stables, air-conditioned and furnished with antiques.
Guests are encouraged to make themselves at home on the patio, and children are welcome to play in the garden where a family of swans roam the grounds.
Stellenrust was established in 1928 and stretches over more than 200ha of family-owned vineyards on both the Helderberg and Bottelary side of Stellenbosch. The different terroirs are conducive to the production of both high quality white and red wines, with each bottle expressing our motto - ‘Where excellence meets winemaking’. Book our facilities for conferences and weddings, or alternatively join us for ‘grape stompings’ and make your own wine. Visit our modern tasting room to experience our family legacy.
Wildekrans Boutique Wine Estate is an international award-winning vineyard overlooking Walker Bay, set within a picturesque 1000 hectare estate tucked away in the beautiful Bot River Valley.
Apart from award-winning wines available for tasting on the Wildekrans farm, the Estate offers 8 luxury self-catering cottages, perfectly designed for the ultimate experience in relaxation.
Kloofzicht Estate is a relaxed base from which to explore historical Tulbagh. Situated as it is in the bowl of so many mountains, Tulbagh is an ideal outdoorsy retreat, offering horse riding, hiking, mountain biking, bass and carp fishing, birding and 4×4 routes, besides wine, that is.
The Bottega family are proud of their Italian heritage and are active participants in the Italian community in South Africa. Their decision to plant Italian varietals as part of their diversified portfolio of grapes, and actively promote these grape varietals in South Africa, is a celebration of this heritage.
Schalkenbosch vineyards are situated high up on the slopes of the Witzenberg mountain range overlooking the picturesque Tulbagh valley. The soils are similar to those found in the Rhone Valley in France and enjoy a unique micro-climate. A late sunrise is due to the shadow of the mountain. Cool mists occur most nights, which when coupled with warm day time temperatures, create ideal conditions for the production of premium quality wines.
Before this date wine was made on the individual farms in smaller cellars and sold from there, but it was decided in ’69 that a bigger facility was needed and Willem Hendrik, together with his oldest son Bennie and his younger set of twins, Joubert and Jakobus, started Lateganskop Cellar and Joubert took on the winemaking duties while farming his own farm called Tevrede
Van Loveren has a reputation as a producer of wines of consistent quality and good value. Its broad range includes everyday drinking wines, wines available throughout the country. Hand-crafted reserve champions are available in selected wine shops and from the tasting room, ensuring that we keep our fans never far from their favourite tipple.
For this 300-year old wine estate, history was made in 1714 when Christina Stans, widow of the first owner, planted 60,000 vines on the rolling hills of Meerendal. Following in her footsteps, Liza Goodwin, cellarmaster and winemaker since 1998, kept this tradition alive. Privately owned since 2004, Meerendal Wine Estate has been developing into one of South Africa’s top wine estates. Since 2012, “Team Meerendal” has represented the wine estate at the world’s biggest and toughest mountain bike race, the Absa Cape Epic.
Established in 1898 by Sir Antonie Viljoen, this magnificent 1786ha family estate is one of the pioneering farms in the country. In 1908 a cellar was built, but was sadly mothballed during the Second World War when fruit was in greater demand. New vineyards were established in 1985, followed by the release of our much acclaimed maiden vintage in 2003.
With vineyards located on mountain slopes over 450m above sea level, ripening occurs slowly, vines bear ultra-low tonnages and troops of baboons compete relentlessly for the spoils!
